diff --git a/docs/drivers/OpcUaClient.md b/docs/drivers/OpcUaClient.md
index 90363537..8cc07a27 100644
--- a/docs/drivers/OpcUaClient.md
+++ b/docs/drivers/OpcUaClient.md
@@ -73,10 +73,12 @@ The session keep-alive (`KeepAliveInterval`, default 5 s) is the liveness signal
   the refs still Bad are re-read once and published Good (a server whose subscription survived does not resend an
   unchanged value, and a `(value, status)` dedup downstream lets the identical value through), alarm quality goes
   back Good and a `ConditionRefresh` re-reports anything missed. A notification that lands first wins over the read.
-  A notification whose source time is OLDER than the newest Good upstream source time already published for its ref
-  (notification or recovery read) is dropped — the SDK can deliver a missed one seconds late after a same-session
-  recovery, which used to regress the node (live-gate F2). Equal timestamps pass (status-only changes); the outage
-  Bad never moves the comparison; a re-initialise resets it.
+  For a bounded **replay window** after such a recovery — max(30 s, 2 x the longest subscription keep-alive window) —
+  a notification whose source time is OLDER than the ref's last Good upstream source time (raised by the recovery
+  read) is dropped: the SDK was seen delivering a missed one 4–5 s late, which regressed the node (live-gate F2).
+  A ref disarms on its first in-order (equal or newer) notification. Outside that window every notification is
+  accepted whatever its timestamp, so an upstream clock that steps backwards (NTP, a PLC clock reset) never
+  freezes a node. The outage Bad never moves the comparison; a re-initialise resets it.
 - **The session does not come back** (an upstream restart: the server forgot the session) ⇒ the driver stays
   `Degraded` with its read stamp frozen, which is exactly the #527 comms-loss watchdog's trip condition. After 90 s
   `DriverInstanceActor` runs `ShutdownAsync` + `InitializeAsync` (retried every 10 s while the server is down) and
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ Session/publish events are published on the shared OTel meter as the counter
 `otopcua.driver.opcuaclient.events`, tagged `driver_instance` (the driver instance id) and `event` =
 `publish_response`, `notification` (items), `data_change`, `bad_status_value`, `publish_error`,
 `keepalive_miss`, `keepalive_recovered` (a bad keep-alive followed by a good one on the same session),
-`stale_notification_dropped` (an out-of-order late notification, see above). A climbing
+`stale_notification_dropped` (a late replay dropped inside the post-recovery window, see above). A climbing
 `keepalive_miss` / `keepalive_recovered` rate is the signature of a flapping upstream (`reconnect_*` were removed with
 the reconnect handler, #670). They are not part of `DriverHealth` or the
 `/hosts` panel.
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDiagnostics.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDiagnostics.cs
index 6b4b1418..b5afca01 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDiagnostics.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDiagnostics.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ internal sealed class OpcUaClientDiagnostics
     public const string KeepAliveMiss = "keepalive_miss";
     /// <summary>A keep-alive came back Good after a bad one on the same session (an in-place recovery, #670).</summary>
     public const string KeepAliveRecovered = "keepalive_recovered";
-    /// <summary>A notification older than the newest Good source time already published for its ref was dropped (#670 F2).</summary>
+    /// <summary>A late replayed notification (older than the ref's last Good source time) was dropped inside the post-recovery replay window (#670 F2).</summary>
     public const string StaleNotificationDropped = "stale_notification_dropped";
 
     private readonly string _driverInstanceId;
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriver.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriver.cs
index 81e3b7eb..76a7c64f 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriver.cs
@@ -295,14 +295,32 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientDriver : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IWrit
     /// <summary>#670 — the last value delivered per subscribed RawPath, so an outage can publish
     /// <c>BadNoCommunication</c> with the value retained (the same shape the host's own comms-loss fan uses).</summary>
     /// <summary>
-    ///     #670 follow-up F2 — per RawPath, the newest SOURCE timestamp (ticks) of a Good value that came from the
-    ///     upstream (a notification or the recovery read). A notification older than it is a late replay — the SDK can
-    ///     deliver a missed notification seconds after a same-session recovery — and is dropped rather than regressing
-    ///     the node. The driver's own outage Bad never writes it (its stamp is the detection time, not upstream data).
+    ///     #670 follow-up F2 — per RawPath, the source time (ticks) of the last Good value ACCEPTED from upstream (a
+    ///     notification, or the recovery read). Last, not max: in steady state it simply follows the upstream clock,
+    ///     so a clock that steps backwards is tracked rather than remembered as a high-water mark. It only seeds the
+    ///     replay guard below; nothing is ever dropped against it outside that guard's window.
     /// </summary>
     private readonly System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<string, long> _lastGoodSourceTicks =
         new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     #670 follow-up F2 — the REPLAY guard. Armed only by a same-session recovery (keep-alive bad→good), when the
+    ///     SDK was observed delivering a missed notification seconds late with an older source time. Per ref it holds
+    ///     the newest Good upstream source time at arming (raised by the recovery read); a notification older than it
+    ///     is dropped. A ref disarms on its first in-order notification, and the whole guard expires at
+    ///     <see cref="_replayGuardUntilTicks"/>. Outside it every notification is accepted whatever its timestamp — a
+    ///     global "never go backwards" rule would freeze a node for as long as an upstream clock that stepped back
+    ///     (NTP correction, a PLC with a reset clock) takes to catch up.
+    /// </summary>
+    private readonly System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<string, long> _replayGuard =
+        new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+    /// <summary>Clock ticks at which the replay guard expires (0 = never armed).</summary>
+    private long _replayGuardUntilTicks;
+
+    /// <summary>Floor of the replay-guard window; the live gate saw the late replay 4–5 s after recovery.</summary>
+    private static readonly TimeSpan ReplayGuardMinimum = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
+
     private readonly System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<string, DataValueSnapshot> _lastValues =
         new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
 
@@ -995,6 +1013,8 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientDriver : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IWrit
         // previous connection's value bookkeeping applies to them.
         _lastValues.Clear();
         _lastGoodSourceTicks.Clear();
+        _replayGuard.Clear();
+        Interlocked.Exchange(ref _replayGuardUntilTicks, 0);
         _awaitingRecovery.Clear();
         // #619 re-review: the last-told alarm states (and ack targets) deliberately SURVIVE a shutdown. A
         // ReinitializeAsync (comms-loss watchdog / Force Reconnect) is followed by the host re-subscribing the
@@ -1734,14 +1754,13 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientDriver : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IWrit
             StatusCode: dv.StatusCode.Code,
             SourceTimestampUtc: dv.SourceTimestamp == DateTime.MinValue ? null : dv.SourceTimestamp,
             ServerTimestampUtc: dv.ServerTimestamp == DateTime.MinValue ? DateTime.UtcNow : dv.ServerTimestamp);
-        // F2: never let a late, older notification regress the node. Equal timestamps pass (a status-only change).
-        if (snapshot.SourceTimestampUtc is { } src
-            && _lastGoodSourceTicks.TryGetValue(fullRef, out var newest) && src.Ticks < newest)
+        // F2: inside the post-recovery replay window only, a late OLDER notification must not regress the node.
+        if (IsLateReplay(fullRef, snapshot.SourceTimestampUtc, out var newest))
         {
             _diag.Record(OpcUaClientDiagnostics.StaleNotificationDropped);
             _logger.LogDebug(
-                "OpcUaClientDriver '{DriverInstanceId}': dropped a late notification for {Ref} (source {Source:O} is " +
-                "older than the newest Good source {Newest:O}).", _driverInstanceId, fullRef, src,
+                "OpcUaClientDriver '{DriverInstanceId}': dropped a late replayed notification for {Ref} after a recovery " +
+                "(source {Source:O} is older than {Newest:O}).", _driverInstanceId, fullRef, snapshot.SourceTimestampUtc,
                 new DateTime(newest, DateTimeKind.Utc));
             return;
         }
@@ -1751,11 +1770,48 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientDriver : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IWrit
         OnDataChange?.Invoke(this, new DataChangeEventArgs(handle, fullRef, snapshot));
     }
 
-    /// <summary>#670 F2 — remember the newest Good upstream source time for <paramref name="fullRef"/>.</summary>
+    /// <summary>#670 F2 — remember the last accepted Good upstream source time for <paramref name="fullRef"/>.</summary>
     private void RecordUpstreamGood(string fullRef, DataValueSnapshot snapshot)
     {
         if (snapshot.SourceTimestampUtc is not { } src || !StatusCode.IsGood(snapshot.StatusCode)) return;
-        _lastGoodSourceTicks.AddOrUpdate(fullRef, src.Ticks, (_, prior) => Math.Max(prior, src.Ticks));
+        _lastGoodSourceTicks[fullRef] = src.Ticks;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     #670 F2 — true when the replay guard is live for <paramref name="fullRef"/> and <paramref name="source"/> is
+    ///     older than its armed time. An in-order (equal or newer) notification disarms the ref; an expired window
+    ///     disarms everything.
+    /// </summary>
+    private bool IsLateReplay(string fullRef, DateTime? source, out long newest)
+    {
+        newest = 0;
+        if (source is not { } src || _replayGuard.IsEmpty) return false;
+        if (Clock.GetUtcNow().UtcDateTime.Ticks >= Interlocked.Read(ref _replayGuardUntilTicks))
+        {
+            _replayGuard.Clear();
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!_replayGuard.TryGetValue(fullRef, out newest)) return false;
+        if (src.Ticks < newest) return true;
+        _replayGuard.TryRemove(fullRef, out _);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     #670 F2 — arm the replay guard on a same-session recovery: every ref with a known Good upstream source time,
+    ///     for max(30 s, 2 × the longest tracked subscription keep-alive window).
+    /// </summary>
+    private void ArmReplayGuard(DateTime now)
+    {
+        _replayGuard.Clear();
+        foreach (var kv in _lastGoodSourceTicks) _replayGuard[kv.Key] = kv.Value;
+        var window = ReplayGuardMinimum;
+        foreach (var sub in _subscriptions.Values.Select(r => r.Subscription))
+        {
+            var keepAliveWindow = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(sub.CurrentPublishingInterval * (double)sub.CurrentKeepAliveCount);
+            if (keepAliveWindow * 2 > window) window = keepAliveWindow * 2;
+        }
+        Interlocked.Exchange(ref _replayGuardUntilTicks, (now + window).Ticks);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -2623,6 +2679,7 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientDriver : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IWrit
                 UpdateHealth(_ => new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, now, null));
                 // A fresh grace: every subscription reports stopped right after an outage until its next message.
                 Interlocked.Exchange(ref _publishingStoppedSinceTicks, 0);
+                ArmReplayGuard(now);
                 _diag.Record(OpcUaClientDiagnostics.KeepAliveRecovered);
                 _logger.LogInformation(
                     "OpcUaClientDriver '{DriverInstanceId}': upstream keep-alive recovered on the same session; " +
@@ -2775,6 +2832,9 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientDriver : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IWrit
                     if (!_awaitingRecovery.TryRemove(refs[i], out _)) continue; // a notification got there first
                     _lastValues[refs[i]] = results[i];
                     RecordUpstreamGood(refs[i], results[i]);
+                    // The read is upstream data published inside the replay window: a replay older than it is late too.
+                    if (results[i].SourceTimestampUtc is { } readAt && StatusCode.IsGood(results[i].StatusCode))
+                        _replayGuard.AddOrUpdate(refs[i], readAt.Ticks, (_, prior) => Math.Max(prior, readAt.Ticks));
                     foreach (var rs in _subscriptions.Values)
                         if (rs.ItemHandlers.Any(p => RefOf(p.Item) == refs[i]))
                             RaiseDataChange(new DataChangeEventArgs(rs.Handle, refs[i], results[i]));
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientSessionLossTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientSessionLossTests.cs
index 386a4852..9d6b3b8d 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientSessionLossTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientSessionLossTests.cs
@@ -496,13 +496,60 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientSessionLossTests
         bad.ServerTimestampUtc.ShouldBe(clock.Now.UtcDateTime);
     }
 
+    private static void SetupReadAt(Mock<ISession> session, object value, DateTime sourceTime) =>
+        session.Setup(s => s.ReadAsync(
+                It.IsAny<RequestHeader>(), It.IsAny<double>(), It.IsAny<TimestampsToReturn>(),
+                It.IsAny<ReadValueIdCollection>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
+            .ReturnsAsync(new ReadResponse
+            {
+                ResponseHeader = new ResponseHeader(),
+                Results = [new DataValue(new Variant(value), StatusCodes.Good, sourceTime, sourceTime)],
+                DiagnosticInfos = [],
+            });
+
+    /// <summary>Drives a same-session outage + recovery (bad → good keep-alive) and waits for the recovery read.</summary>
+    private static async Task RecoverInPlaceAsync(OpcUaClientDriver drv)
+    {
+        drv.RaiseKeepAliveForTest(StatusCodes.BadNoCommunication);
+        drv.RaiseKeepAliveForTest(StatusCodes.Good);
+        await drv.RecoveryTaskForTest;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     #670 follow-up F2 (live gate): after a same-session recovery the SDK delivered one notification late with
-    ///     an OLDER source time, and the node regressed to it. A notification older than the last Good source time
-    ///     published for its ref is dropped; an equal one (a status-only change) and a newer one pass.
+    ///     an OLDER source time, and the node regressed to it. Inside the post-recovery replay window an older
+    ///     notification is dropped; an equal one (a status-only change) passes and disarms the ref, after which the
+    ///     ref is back to accepting anything.
     /// </summary>
     [Fact]
-    public void A_notification_older_than_the_last_good_source_time_is_dropped()
+    public async Task After_a_recovery_a_late_older_notification_is_dropped_until_the_ref_is_back_in_order()
+    {
+        var (drv, session, clock) = NewConnectedDriver();
+        using var _ = drv;
+        var handle = drv.AddSubscriptionForTest([SpeedRef]);
+        var t0 = clock.Now.UtcDateTime;
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(668, t0.AddSeconds(2)));
+        SetupReadAt(session, 668, t0.AddSeconds(2));
+        await RecoverInPlaceAsync(drv);
+        var seen = new List<DataChangeEventArgs>();
+        drv.OnDataChange += (_, e) => seen.Add(e);
+
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(667, t0.AddSeconds(1)));          // late replay
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef,
+            new DataValue(new Variant(668), StatusCodes.UncertainLastUsableValue, t0.AddSeconds(2), t0.AddSeconds(2))); // same ts, status-only
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(669, t0.AddSeconds(3)));
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(665, t0));                        // disarmed: accepted
+
+        seen.Select(e => e.Snapshot.Value).ShouldBe(new object[] { 668, 669, 665 });
+        seen[0].Snapshot.StatusCode.ShouldBe((uint)StatusCodes.UncertainLastUsableValue);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Coordinator review of F2: with no recovery in play, an upstream clock that steps BACKWARDS (NTP correction,
+    ///     a PLC with a reset clock) must not freeze the node — every notification is published, whatever its time.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void In_steady_state_a_clock_step_backwards_still_publishes()
     {
         var (drv, _, clock) = NewConnectedDriver();
         using var _ = drv;
@@ -511,14 +558,35 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientSessionLossTests
         var seen = new List<DataChangeEventArgs>();
         drv.OnDataChange += (_, e) => seen.Add(e);
 
-        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(668, t0.AddSeconds(2)));
-        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(667, t0.AddSeconds(1)));          // late replay
-        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef,
-            new DataValue(new Variant(668), StatusCodes.UncertainLastUsableValue, t0.AddSeconds(2), t0.AddSeconds(2))); // same ts, status-only
-        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(669, t0.AddSeconds(3)));
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(1, t0.AddHours(1)));
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(2, t0));              // clock stepped back an hour
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(3, t0.AddSeconds(1)));
 
-        seen.Select(e => e.Snapshot.Value).ShouldBe(new object[] { 668, 668, 669 });
-        seen[1].Snapshot.StatusCode.ShouldBe((uint)StatusCodes.UncertainLastUsableValue);
+        seen.Select(e => e.Snapshot.Value).ShouldBe(new object[] { 1, 2, 3 });
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>The replay guard is bounded in time: once its window has passed, an older notification is accepted
+    /// even for a ref that never saw an in-order one.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task The_replay_guard_expires()
+    {
+        var (drv, session, clock) = NewConnectedDriver();
+        using var _ = drv;
+        var handle = drv.AddSubscriptionForTest([SpeedRef]);
+        var t0 = clock.Now.UtcDateTime;
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(10, t0.AddSeconds(5)));
+        SetupReadAt(session, 10, t0.AddSeconds(5));
+        await RecoverInPlaceAsync(drv);
+        var seen = new List<DataChangeEventArgs>();
+        drv.OnDataChange += (_, e) => seen.Add(e);
+
+        clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(29));
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(9, t0));
+        seen.ShouldBeEmpty("still inside the 30 s window");
+
+        clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+        drv.DeliverNotificationForTest(handle, SpeedRef, Good(8, t0));
+        seen.ShouldHaveSingleItem().Snapshot.Value.ShouldBe(8);
     }
 
     [Fact]